Cruise ship approaches Margerie Glacier in Glacier Bay National Park. (NPS) Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve in Southeast Alaska started its own cruise ship monitoring program this July. Cruise ...

Seals make a splash when trying to get comfy on too-thin ice in Glacier Bay National Park The seals at Glacier Bay National Park were trying to get comfortable on the ice when it gave way unexpectedly ...

Ecologists are told to visit the tropics to fully appreciate the earth’s myriad plant and animal interactions. But what about the other end of the environmental spectrum − the frozen northland? I ...

A January visit to Alaska – one featuring ice fishing, dog mushing and chasing the Northern Lights 70 miles above the Arctic Circle – only whetted my appetite for another slice. In particular, I ...